A huge underground arsenal, the largest and most important uncovered by the Israeli police, was found yesterday at Kfar Saba, north of Tel Aviv. It was linked to the assassination of Dr. Israel (Rudolph) Kastner, who died Friday of wounds suffered two weeks ago.
Following clues leading from the arrest of three men charged with Dr. Kastner’s murder, police rounded up a number of suspects and, yesterday, found the arms cache. The arsenal contained al least two flame throwers and 61 submachine guns all in excellent working order and all carefully packed in grease. Huge quantities of ammunition were also stored at the Kfar Saba cache.
The police charged last week that the participants in the Kastner killing were linked to the Stern Group of Mandatory days. After Dr. Kastner died yesterday the three suspects were formally charged with murder. Dr. Kastner’s remains were buried today.
Newly arriving immigrants from Rumania report a new wave of persecution against Jews contacting the Israel Legation in Bucharest.
Any person seen entering the legation for any purpose is arrested upon his leaving and is exhaustively questioned and investigated. Thereafter, he is usually released, the immigrants state. As a result of the arrests, the Jews of Rumania fear to approach the Legation and it is thus effectively isolated from the Jewish population.
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